In closing of the teaching about believers as children, Jesus now focuses on the need for believers to forgive.
在总结信徒要像孩子的教导后，耶稣把焦点转移到信徒须饶恕的必要性。
- The Extent of Forgiveness 饶恕的限度 (18:21-22)
After Jesus taught about church discipline, Peter wondered how often Christians were obliged to forgive fellow believers who persisted in sin. When Jesus answered “seventy times seven”, he does not mean 490, but that forgiveness was beyond counting.
耶稣教导有关教会的纪律后，彼得想知道基督徒应当在饶恕坚持犯罪的信徒上有何限度。当耶稣回答：“七十个七次”时，祂指的不是490次，而是宽恕是不可计算的。
- The Example of Forgiveness 饶恕的例子 (18:23-34)
To illustrate the importance of forgiveness, Jesus gave a parable, where the king represents God. The 10,000 talents are used to describe a vast and unpayable debt, just like the debt for sin that every man owes God. Knowing that the first slave could never repay the debt, the king forgave him, just as God graciously forgives all genuinely repentant sinners.
为了说明饶恕的重要性，耶稣给了一个比喻；其中，王代表了神。那一千万银子是用于形容一笔庞大而无可偿还的债务，就如每一个人所欠神的罪债一样。当王知道第一个仆人永远无法偿还债务时，他免了他的债；这犹如神施恩赦免所有真正悔改的罪人一样。
- The Excommunication of the unforgiving 逐出不肯饶恕他人的 (18:35)
In this parable, Jesus was not teaching that sins against fellow believers are insignificant, or that God only saves those who are forgiving. He was teaching that those who have been forgiven by God are to forgive every offense committed against them by fellow believers, because they themselves have already been forgiven an incalculable debt by God. An unforgiving person proves that he is not a believer and his sins are not forgiven.
在这个比喻中，耶稣并非在教导信徒之间的过犯是微不足道的，又或者神只拯救肯饶恕他人的人。祂教导的是：凡神所饶恕的，也当饶恕其他信徒对他们的过犯，因为他们自己无法偿还的债已被神免去了。一个无法饶恕他人的人证明了自己不是信徒，而他的罪是不得饶恕的。
Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告
- “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent’, you must forgive him” (Luke 17:3-4). Let’s pray that God will give us a loving heart to rebuke our brothers when they are in sin and forgive them when they repent.
“若是你的弟兄得罪你，就劝戒他；他若懊悔，就饶恕他。倘若他一天七次得罪你，又七次回转，说：我懊悔了，你总要饶恕他”（路17:3-4）。让我们祈祷神给予我们一颗爱人的心，当弟兄们犯罪时责备他们；当他们懊悔时饶恕他们。
- Consider the moments where a fellow believer has hurt you or wronged you in one way or another. Have you forgiven him or her or are you still harboring grudges?
请思想某个弟兄或姐妹伤害你或误解你的时候。你是否原谅了他，还是仍心怀芥蒂呢？
- “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you” (Eph. 4:32). Let us remember the forgiveness that God so graciously gives to those who turn to Him for mercy and pray that we will also display the same mercy to forgive all who sinned against us, especially our brothers and sisters in Christ.
“并要以恩慈相待，存怜悯的心，彼此饶恕，正如神在基督里饶恕了你们一样。”（弗4:32）让我们谨记神施恩赦免所有向祂恳求慈悲的人，并祈祷我们也同样能施恩饶恕向我们犯罪的人，特别是在主里的弟兄姐妹。
